Change owner of file, folder, drive, or registry key in Windows 10

To be able to transfer, alter, remove or do anything necessary in Windows, you have to be the owner of that resource. For some reason, Windows makes it quite difficult to truly own what’s yours on your computer. So here’s how to change the owner of file, folder, drive, or registry key in Windows 10.

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Take ownership of files, folders or drives in Windows 10

If you are lucky, you should be able to right click any drive, folder or file and select ‘Take Ownership’. That depends completely on how you have your computer installed. If you don’t have that option, do this:

Right-click the drive, folder or file and select Properties.

Select Advanced and you should see the Advanced Security Settings window appear. Check the Owner and select Change to modify.